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Calif. unionists charge police brutality
October 19, 2007Over 150 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) gathered outside the Yolo County Courthouse in Woodland, Calif., Oct. 5, to protest the arraignment of two ILWU Local 10 members on charges of obstructing...
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N.Y. labor mobilizes to end Iraq war
October 19, 2007NEW YORK CITY — The mobilization for the Oct. 27 peace demonstration here is now in full swing. A significant number of New York-area labor unions have endorsed the action. So far, 15 unions from New...
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RNs strike over patient care
October 19, 2007BERKELEY, Calif. — Nearly 5,000 registered nurses at 15 northern California hospitals walked the picket line Oct. 10-11 in the largest strike of RNs in the state in a decade. Most struck hospitals belong to the...
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Up to a third of U.S. jobs are low-wage, researcher says
October 19, 2007Fighting poverty is ‘moral’ issue> WASHINGTON (PAI) — “One-fourth to one-third” of all U.S. jobs “are low-wage jobs” whose workers need not just a raise, but a support system to help lift them out of poverty,...
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Village raids evoke Gestapo tactics
October 19, 2007Workers’ Correspondence Just before dawn, sweeping searchlights and pounding on doors awaken terrified residents of a small village. Requests for warrants or official identification are ignored as squads of agents, some uniformed and some not, rampage...
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